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from the nature of its trade fuffers more in proportion than 
others) ought to determine us to make ufe of the propofed me- 
thod of relief, leaving it to the wifdom of parlement feverely to 
fcrutinize iato the nature of our grievances, and to rectify every 
one which may be difcovered to exift. It is juft to enquire before’ 
we condemn. Let the accufed, if guilty, fuffer the penalty of 
their neglect; if innocent, acquitted with honor. But let the. 
minds of the people be eafed, by a proper enquiry into the 
foundation of the national difcontent. 
“ Tuart invaluable compilation the Red-book* furnifhes me 
with a very fineular inftance of a place of little moment, attend- 
ed with a high falary. I cannot but {mile at feeing the repre- 
fentative of one of our firft cities, and one of the lords commif- 
fioners of the admiralty, unite with that important charge the 
poft of letter. carrier to the court, with the lavith falary of 730/, 
a year. The duty might perhaps be performed (if any there 
is) by a lefs refpectable perfon, for 25. 6d. a day; and I will 
not pay a very worthy gentleman fo bad a compliment, as to 
fuppofe, that his principles will be in the left altered by being 
free from fuch a degrading office. 
«* Many fimilar inftances may probably be found, all worthy 
of being lopped off: but let me do the times the juftice to fay, 
that few of them are of recent formation; they are the antient 
marks of regal ftate, created in profperous days. In the progrefs 
of enquiry, it will be worthy to remark the periods when they 
ceafed to be ornaments to the crown, and became the inftru- 
ments of corruption. 
* Edition 1779, pages 39, 122, 
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